Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 27, 2025

Read more: [link] Ardian, the French private equity firm, has closed its latest mid-cap growth fund, Ardian Expansion Fund VI, at 3.2bn, surpassing its target by 10%. The fund represents a 60% increase from its predecessor. Ardian has already committed a third of the fund to eight transactions.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Buyout firms have long relied on controversial loans backed by equity stakes to enhance fund returns, but growing investor criticism has triggered a slowdown, according to a report by Bloomberg UK. This shift partly reflects a rebalancing of power, enabling LPs in private equity funds, such as pension funds to exert influence over GPs.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Layan Odeh of Bloomberg reports CPPIB plows at least $5 billion into private equity in three months: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board poured at least $5 billion into private equity in the last three months of 2024 as the asset class regained appeal. gain in the quarter, driven by returns in private equity and credit.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The current economic climate of high inflation, rising interest rates, and market volatility is creating a complex environment for private equity while the abundance of dry powder capital and the need to deploy funds is driving continued deal-making. However, GPs are facing stiff competition for assets which can inflate pricing.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This committed them to allocating 5 per cent of the assets in their default funds to unlisted equities by 2030. However, some schemes said the higher costs of investing in unlisted companies could push up their own fees and deter investors. Because the high fees eat away at the returns.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 23, 2025

Neuberger Berman has unveiled the NB Private Equity Open Access Fund, designed to provide retail and professional investors in the EU with diversified access to private equity co-investments. The funds minimum investment of 10,000 for most share classes aims to democratise access to private equity.

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